We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiGate Cloud and vCenter Configuration Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewall Security Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We have found the most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud are the firewall and the VPN connection manager. I am not worried about any cyber attacks, the solution is secure and I receive daily summary reports."
"We like the availability of the hardware and the service that we get from FortiGate, as well as the kind of reach that they have as a part of their sales folks."
"Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is easy to use."
"I like Fortinet FortiGate Cloud's simple UX and UI designs and the fact that it is also a VPN solution for our clients. The solution is user-friendly."
"The initial setup is relatively easy."
"The most valuable feature is the inspection. It inspects before we have any traffic stops intrusion."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud are the IPS, SSL Wireless, and VPN. Additionally, packet inspection and point-to-point VPN application control are useful."
"The most valuable FortiGate Cloud feature is logging. It's there seven days a week, and there is no hard limit on logs or size restrictions. This much capacity will show up for that seven days. FortiGate Cloud offers many other valuable features like Fortinet Secure Gateway, SASE, and the Fortinet Security Fabric."
"The most valuable features that VMware's vCenter Configuration Manager have, when compared with other solutions, are their disaster recovery and business connectivity capabilities."
"Configuration Manager simplifies management. Cloning via live migration is a useful feature."
"The technical support services are good."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to see which virtual machines need more resources or are over-committed."
"The product's deployment phase was easy."
"vCenter has some good user experience, and the initial setup is straightforward."
"It's a very nice solution for our needs."
"This is the best solution for management for the server administrator. VMware has been on the market for many years, so they have a lot of solutions. For on-premises, VMware is the best available solution."
"The capacity to execute the solution needs to be improved. I would like to see management and analytics included in the solution."
"If you need to scale, you do need to trade up to a new Fortinet solution."
"I would like to see more reporting from the analysis improved in the future."
"There are European and US clouds and sometimes we mix them up. The solution should make determining the clouds more clear, or make one cloud instead of having separate ones."
"It is currently durable, but they may be able to improve it further. They can adapt Cisco technology because of its durability."
"We need some integration or communication between the endpoint and the firewall."
"The SSL visibility could be better."
"Some configuration changes would be helpful."
"I think the logging side should be improved because it's pretty difficult to keep up to date VMware and with vCenter."
"vCenter Configuration Manager could improve by having more integration."
"Configuration Manager's reporting could be better. I need to use a third-party reporting solution to get the details. They could add reporting features similar to RVTools."
"The licensing model has shifted from socket-based to core-based licensing, resulting in increased customer costs. Moreover, if a customer utilizes software like VMware, which integrates seamlessly with ESXi, it becomes even more challenging to consider replacing ESXi. Hence, many customers, particularly in India, are actively exploring alternatives."
"The technical support could be faster."
"The ease of setup and installations could be improved."
"The solution's pricing is very high and could be improved."
"They could improve the hybrid-cloud environment and its management, not only for the local host but also including the connection between public and private cloud."
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Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is ranked 5th in Firewall Security Management with 55 reviews while vCenter Configuration Manager is ranked 11th in Configuration Management with 46 reviews. Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is rated 8.2, while vCenter Configuration Manager is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiGate Cloud writes "Useful for routing and cloud security purposes but needs to incorporate XDR capabilities ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of vCenter Configuration Manager writes "A solution with a range of functionalities and several pricing plans that suit your needs". Fortinet FortiGate Cloud is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, AWS Firewall Manager, Palo Alto Networks Panorama, FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (FortiGate CNF) and Fortinet FortiPortal, whereas vCenter Configuration Manager is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager, Red Hat Satellite and BigFix. See our Fortinet FortiGate Cloud vs. vCenter Configuration Manager report.
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